Tackling prison overcrowding : Build more prisons? Sentence fewer offenders? /
Contributor(s): Hough, J. M | Allen, Robert | Solomon, Enver.
Series: Researching criminal justice series.Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2008Description: viii, 138 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1847421105 (pbk.); 9781847421104:; 9781847421104 (pbk.).Subject(s): Prisons -- Overcrowding -- Great Britain | Prisons -- Overcrowding -- Great Britain -- Congresses | Prison administration -- Great Britain | Prisons -- Government policy -- Great BritainDDC classification: 365.942Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Mike Hough and Enver Solomon -- The prisoners' dilemma in England and Wales / Nicola Lacey -- Building on sand : why expanding the prison estate is not the way to 'secure the future' / Carol Hedderman -- Towards more consistent and predictable sentencing in England and Wales / Jessica Jacobson, Julian Roberts and Mike Hough -- 'Titan' prisons : do size, efficiency and legitimacy matter? / Alison Liebling -- Private punishment? An examination of the expansion, development and employment relations of private prisons / Sanjiv Sachdev -- Reducing the use of custody as a sanction : a review of recent international experiences / Julian Roberts -- Where now? / Rod Morgan -- Endnote : latest developments in penal policy / Rob Allen.